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On a cliff overlooking Seneca Lake in upstate New York, the Belhurst Castle proudly stands at the site of previous mansions and Indian fortresses, a place riddled with history and fantastic legends. Rumors abound of hauntings, hidden treasure, underground tunnels, and a curse on those who disturb old burial grounds. Eccentric and passionate individuals lived and died here over the centuries.

In the Night Church, on the altar of the true church, no one will see the rape, no one will hear the screams of ecstasy — no one except the devil's disciples… She is young, incredibly desirable, the virgin bride. He is young, incredibly brilliant, the devil's groom. They are genetically perfect,...

Some people in Maywell, New Jersey, commute to New York. Some are working on a lab project that will change the world — if it is allowed to succeed. And some people are witches. Amanda Walker is not a witch — yet. She's an artist, looking for work — unaware that someone has a desperate need...

The mound, a quiet town gathering spot ... until now. Now something undeniably evil is hiding beneath it. A powerful darkness, terror with unfathomable needs and desires, spreading its roots in secret, transforming all that the good townfolk love and cherish: their past, their hopes, their souls. ...

He picked Billy out of a crowd at the mall, followed his every step, obsessed with this bright, perfect child. He would take him far away, keep him as the son he'd always wanted. For Barton Royal, finding Billy was a dream come true. For Billy Neary, torn from the security of his loving family, it was a nightmare beyond his imagination. And the terror had only just begun …

WOLF DREAMS Bob Duke dreamed of becoming a wolf. Of running free on four strong legs. Howling. Stalking. Living with nature, in nature. Then his dream came true — and threatened to become a nightmare. Bob's wife and son vow to restore his humanity. But even if then can find him — a man-wolf...

Father John Rafferty is a dedicated priest with only one temptation—the beautiful and troubled young woman he has been counseling. When she is found brutally murdered in his Greenwich Village church, Father Rafferty is forced to face his greatest test of faith … especially when the NYPD uncovers...

Sometimes you just have to take matters into your own hands. Eighty-two-year-old Beth Baker can hear the cop in apartment 7C beating his wife. Again. She’s also having dreams—or are they visitations—of her dead daughter, Alice, who was killed fifty years ago by an abusive husband. The...

Only he can stop the gates of Hell from opening wide.John Crawford wasn’t able to deal with the pain and took the easy way out. At least he thought he did. Instead, he’s been offered a deal by a nightmarish creature and given a second chance at life. But he’s no longer human. And he’s been assigned...

Something is calling Jacob Maelstrom back to the isolated home of his childhood — to the scene of a living nightmare that almost cost him his life. Ten years ago his sister slaughtered their brother and parents, locked Jacob in a closet...then committed a hideous suicide. Now, as the anniversary of...

From Tom Piccirilli, five-time Bram Stoker Award winner, two-time International Thriller Writers Award winner, and finalist for the 2009 Edgar Allan Poe Award, comes The Walls of the Castle, an intense and visceral psychological thriller. This atmospheric yet action-packed, mature psychological thriller,...

Five years ago, Priest McClaren and his younger sister, Molly, were forced to watch as their parents were murdered by a desperate pair of outlaws. Though one is dead, the other, Yuman Dean, is still on the loose. Now Molly is a haunted bounty hunter and all Priest wants is to run a little store with his partner, Lamarr, an ex-slave and ex-Union soldier. But it won't be that easy.

Bad Dog is a new volume of Tom Piccirilli's most offbeat and unsettling short fiction and novellas spanning the breadth of his twenty-year career. Twice nominated for crime fiction's highest honor, the Edgar Award, and twice winner of the International Thriller Writers Award, Piccirilli is a master...